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120 Years of San Miguel History Going Digital
“Please stop
drinking and
having these
parties! I don’t
want to see
anyone else get
hurt!”
– A Norwood resident responds
to news of Sunday morning onecar accident that killed one teen
and injured two. Page 7
MODERN TIMES – Barbara Kenny, one of the seven-person U.S. Imaging team working around-the-clock to render San Miguel County records digital through the month of October, transferred book pages onto microfilm Monday in the vault at the San Miguel County Courthouse.
(Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
County in Process of Making
Backup Documents for
Everything in Vault
By Gus Jarvis
TELLURIDE – In a long and daunting effort to create backup of official county documents for everything that has occurred in the
past 120 years, San Miguel County is now in the
process of digitalizing each and every document
in the San Miguel County Courthouse vault.
The county has, since 1997, been making
its various official documents available online
(and in digital format), but virtually nothing before that is digitally filed; for some of those “historic” documents, that means no backup documents should something catastrophic happen to
the courthouse.
To remedy that situation, crews from U.S.
Imaging Inc., a Michigan-based document management company, have been working around
the clock in the courthouse’s vault digitalizing
all of San Miguel County’s records. It is expected to take at least one month to digitalize all of
the documents; once that is finished, the tedious
part of organizing the documents will begin.
The project’s expected cost is nearly $200,000.
“We have 120 years of documents in the
vault,” San Miguel County Clerk and Recorder Peggy Nerlin said in an interview last
week. “It’s like a museum. We have books,
aperture cards and film from the 1950s. We
have really old ditch maps and railroad maps.
Anything that has happened in the last 120
years is in that vault.
“Our concern, with the age of the courthouse
if something burned or a disaster happened, we
want to have a copy of everything,” she said.
see Digital on page 2
One Teen Killed, Two
Injured in Single-Car
Accident Near Norwood
About That $15 Million Hospital Bond
NORWOOD – One Norwood teen was killed and two
others injured in the Sunday,
Oct. 19 early-morning onevehicle crash of a car traveling
north at “a high rate of speed”
from County Road 44ZS onto
Colorado State Highway 145,
after the driver failed to stop at
a stop sign.
Aaron “Gabe” Grammer,
By Karen James
19, of Norwood, was pronounced dead at 4:55 a.m. that
morning, at the Uncompahgre
Medical Center, in Norwood;
Natalie R. Petersen, 19, of
Norwood, was transported by
Care Flight to St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, and
driver Christian Skylar Kelley,
see Crash on page 8
Telluride Hospital District
Board Sweetens the Deal
Acknowledging that the
present economy could negatively influence voter approval
of a $15 million bond to help
fund the construction of a new
medical center, the Telluride
Hospital District Board on Friday voted unanimously upon a
number of conditions that must
be satisfied before the bonds
may be issued.
“It’s a big worry,” said Board
President Bill Grun, voicing
concern that a backlash generated by current economic conditions could lead exasperated
taxpayers to throw their hands
into the air and say simply, “I
see Hospital on page 6
page
9
Sheep Mountain Alliance and
ThisRepublicCan presents the
Community Election Forum on
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 6-8 p.m. in
the Telluride Fire Station Meeting
Room, 3rd floor. For more info
see page TKTK.
The Telluride PTSO will host its
annual Fall Harvest Festival on
Friday, Oct. 24, 4-6:30 p.m. at
the Telluride Elementary School
Gym. Celebrate the autumn season with kid-friendly activities
– carnival and game booths, cake
walk, and a raffle drawing for a
2008-2009 ski pass. Halloween
pumpkins will be available for
purchase. For more info call Emily Destefano at 728-6249 or Virginia Lucarelli at 708-0753.
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San Miguel County General
Election 2008 Fact Sheet
To cast your vote in San Miguel
County, you must be 18 years
of age, a citizen of the United
States, consider San Miguel
County to be your Sole Legal
Place of Residence and you
are an Active Voter (this means
you either voted in the last two
general elections or you reregistered to vote by Oct. 6,
2008).
• Early voting begins Oct. 20,
and continues through Oct. 31,
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday at the
Telluride Marshal’s Office
Conference Room; 231 E. Pacific Avenue;
received at the San Miguel
County Courthouse by 7
p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008;
• For information on precincts or polling places, please
contact or visit the San Miguel
County Clerk’s office, or
check the San Miguel County
Precincts Map;
• Please bring identification
to the polls – acceptable forms
include a valid Colorado Driver’s license, a valid United
States Passport, or a Medicare
card;
• Sufficient paper ballots are
available for all county voters
• You may request a mail in in the event of a power outballot and have it mailed to age;
you through Oct. 28;
• Each page of every ballot
• You can pick up a mail- has been marked with a bar
in ballot at the courthouse code and a serial number, to
through Oct. 31;
ensure the counting of every
vote on every page;
• Return your ballot in person
or through the postal service; if • Detailed information is also
you choose to mail your ballot, available at www.sanmigueleither stop by the post office to county.org.
have it weighed, or affix two
first-class postage stamps to For more information you
the envelope before posting;
may also contact San Miguel
County Clerk and Recorder
• Mail-in ballots must be Peggy Nerlin at 728-3954.
digiTal from page 1
Nerlin said it has taken over a
year to research how to do such a
processes and then how to organize
it. Next came the firm that would do
the best job of digitalizing so much
information.
“As we went through researching this, we sent out for samples
from several different companies
to see what the imagery of these
documents would look like,” Nerlin
said. “U.S. Imaging does primarily
government work and their image
quality was the best we had seen.
Their business practice is just great
as well.”
“The image quality was the
key thing they showed us,” said the
county’s Chief Deputy of recording Becky Goldsworthy. “What
they were able to do with blue
maps, clearing them up, they made
them look fabulous,” the numbers
displayed crisply against the background.
The imaging crew is a staff of
seven – five daytime workers and
two nighttime workers – using
four different pieces of equipment,
including cameras and scanners, to
capture the various document forms.
This first step of the digitalizing process should be finished sometime in
the next two weeks. After that, Nerlin said the organization of the digital files will begin, in-house, with
county staff.
see digiTal on page 8
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Town of Telluride Question 201:
A YES vote allows TMC to develop on a
very small portion of the South Pearl.
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Town of Telluride Question 200:
A YES vote allows the town to sell the RV
Lot to the Telluride Medical Center (TMC)
to be used only for a medical center.
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Town of Telluride Voters,
Paid for by
Citizens for Quality Health Care
A YES vote allow the district to move forward when
the time is right to secure a bond to help finance
the new medical center. A majority of the costs
will be covered with donations and grants. The tax
impact on a residential home with a market value of
$1 million will be about $125/year or $10.41/month.
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WHISTLER, B.C. – Seasonal
workers looking for housing in Whistler have taken to wearing cardboard
I n S kI C ountry
By Allen Best
sandwiches, such as you sometimes
see in front of restaurants seeking to
advertise their daily specials.
“26yo mature sales professional
seeking accommodation,” read the
script on the cardboard cutout worn
by Kristian Waller, an Australian
newly arrived for the winter. “I am
clean, tidy, friendly and easy-going.
Responsible and financially secure.”
The trick worked for Waller, at
least in the short term. “Not even
two minutes after putting the sign
around my neck, a guy came up to
me and took me to one of his mates
who introduced me and said he had
a place,” he told Pique Newsmagazine.
Tim Page, another Australian
who used the same trick, said the
signs are effective because landlords
who do have housing available dislike putting their telephone numbers
in advertisements, because they must
then field phone calls for weeks after
they’ve rented their properties.
This new advertising device also
illustrates just how tight housing has
become in Whistler. A stop-gap measure that would have created a temporary 308-bed housing complex
fell through. Construction activity is
revving up as Whistler prepares to
host the Winter Olympics in a little
more than 15 months.
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BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. –
Simon Repton’s day job is as a
consultant in information technology. But boy what a weekend warrior he is.
Traveling to Nepal, Repton
joined 31 others in parachuting
from planes flying at 29,500
feet. This was in the area of
Everest, elevation of 29,028
feet, and also Lhotse, Nuptse
and Makalu, which are also
8,000-meter peaks.
“A high-altitude jump from
30,000 feet is possible in the
U.S.” Repton told the Summit
Daily News.
“You just don’t happen to
pass mountains at the same
height as soon as you get out of
the plane.”
The skydiving consisted of
a 62-second freefall and then a
4-minute under-canopy float.
High and Wild, a United Kingdom “adventure holiday” company that sponsored the superlative sky-dive, said the designated landing zone of 12,350 feet
was the highest in the world.
The thin air requires preparation and equipment not usual
for skydiving. Because of the
thin air at 29,000 feet, supplemental oxygen was also necessary.
In addition, a parachute of
280 square feet, which is 50
percent larger than normal, was
required, with a special design
cable opening at speeds of more
than 200 mph.
The atmosphere at 29,500
feet has only 32 percent as much
oxygen as is found at sea level.
At 8,000 feet, it has 75 percent
as much oxygen.
There’s much less room
for error when skydiving in
such rugged territory. “If you
can’t get to the landing area in
that part of the world, you are
hosed,” Repton told the Summit
Daily. “The area is surrounded
by the biggest peaks, most vi-
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cious rivers, and the most unforgiving boulders and angles
you could imagine.”
In fact, Repton nearly ended
up in one of those unforgiving
landscapes when his vision was
obscured by clouds. Luckily for
him, he plopped down in the
Royal Yak Farm, to the surprise
of four Tibetans on the scene.
A Brit by birth, Repton’s
next major adventures is to
climb Mt. Everest, something
he plans to prepare for by camping on top of a 14,000-foot peak
this winter. Previously, he hiked
the Grand Canyon in both directions in 24 hours.
quality in rivers and streams, buying
new water rights to guarantee sufficient water for recreation, wildlife
and environmental needs, and also to
promote water conservation.
There are no active threats to
water in local streams, although
large transmountain diversion projects already take substantial amounts
of water to farms and cities on Colorado’s Arkansas River Basin. In the
drought year of 2002, portions of the
Roaring Fork River nearly dried up.
asPen aRea vOteRs asked
tO Ok mOney FOR RiveRs
ASPEN, Colo. – Voters in Aspen and Pitkin County will be asked
in November to approve a sales tax
of a penny on a $10 purchase for use
in water matters.
The money, calculated at $1 million for the first year of collections, is
to be allocated to maintaining water
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KREMMLING, Colo. – More
ambitious talk continues to come
from Kremmling, where a company called Confluence Energy
is now working 24/7 to process
dead lodgepole pine trees into pellets that can be burned in stoves.
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Letters to the editor
Editor’s Note: Due to the
high volume of letters we are receiving this election season, we
are publishing letters in the order
we receive them. We will publish
as many letters as space will allow and letters may be held until
the next edition of The Telluride
Watch is published. All letters received will be published online at
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it’s that this region will be better
off with sacrifice and not indolence. Perhaps to actually “play
it safe” may be to make the tough
decision, and support these initiatives. This is not necessarily
a plea for the future of the children. They are blissfully unaware
of the bedlam we face today,
same as we were at a young age,
or at any age on a powder day.
– Jennifer Dabal
These proposals strive to solve
challenges that burden us during our time, and consequently
will improve their futures. I will
be voting yes for the school, the
daycare facility, the spur, and the
med center.
Editor:
Very sincerely,
This will be the first time in
my memory where the national
– John Matthews
and global stages will directly
affect the local politics of Telluride, in a way unprecedented
in my modest tenure here. Cast
aside are the usual micro-analyzing and pugnacious debates that
permeate our political landscape.
Replaced with a burgeoning fi- Editor:
nancial nightmare that promises
My father was a child of
to define if not at least change our the great depression and he has
times. Campaign organizers and passed his fiscally conservative
supporters are no longer discuss- nature along to me. That is why
ing the merits of their bonds, but in this time of economic instamerely justifying their price tags. bility I am urging you to vote
Nothing narrows the mind faster yes on the Telluride R1 School
than paying large bills during District initiative. Where out
steep economic recession.
there is a better, more secure inEven during times of prosper- vestment than an investment in
ity, I would never presume how the future of our children?
one should spend his or her monWhen I first moved to Teley. However, I will put forward luride the people who could afmy opinion, in defense of all the ford it took their kids out of the
bonds specific to the Telluride re- public school and sent them to
private schools. That no longer
gion, as necessary expenses.
I believe that the school ex- occurs very frequently and in
pansion, the daycare facility, the fact our public school has bespur repair, and the med center come a magnet.
At a time when one out of
bonds are necessities and not
benefits. Some may see a ben- every four students in Colorado
efit as a prairie dog catapult, or drops out of high school our
a monster truck arena on the Val- administration instituted a proley Floor (opinions vary). But gressive new program targeted
providing the space to educate at helping our kids prepare for
our children, a facility for work- a future very unlike the future
ing parents to tend to their ankle with which we were faced at
biters, a safe road into town, or that age. It is an interim twoa medical facility that can sup- week program that allows the
port our growing population, are high school kids to study intennecessities. It is unfortunate that sively a subject that falls outevents have conspired to place side the normal range of acathe voters backs up against a fi- demic offerings.
nancial wall.
It is these innovations,
Yet, this is the time to ac- small class sizes and outstandknowledge the potential pain and ing teachers that makes our
continue to support and improve school such a good investment.
this region. This is not the time This proposal makes good use
to run from problems screaming, of our limited space, reorgalike little schoolboys, and leave nizes the existing building
the community to languish in ap- more efficiently, upgrades our
athy and inaction. We have been historic elementary school, and
doing that for the last decade, al- helps insure that our outstandways preoccupied with the short ing teachers stay with us. Stock
term, and now Telluride is inad- markets tumble but a good eduequate to support the growing cation lasts a lifetime. Please
number of people who wish to vote yes on the Telluride R1
School District initiative.
live here.
Thank you,
These ballot issues are clear
long-term solutions to obvi– Kari Distefano, Telluride
ous needs. Do not let short term
thinking continue to neglect this parent
community.
If there is any levity to be insee Letters on page 5
jected into these troubling times,
In these tough economic
times, we need to invest in our
communities and bring our
friends and neighbors together to
build a stronger America. Please
join me in strengthening our
community on Wright’s Mesa by
voting yes on 5B-5D.
Respectfully Yours,
In Norwood, Vote Difficult Decisions
Yes on Rec District In Difficult Times
Editor:
I am writing to encourage everyone to vote yes on ballot questions 5B-5D.
For the past two years a small,
but determined group of residents
from Wright’s Mesa have worked
tirelessly to try and bring a recreation plan to fruition that could
greatly enhance the quality of life
for our residents. Input from the
community has been collected,
donated funds raised to pay for
a feasibility study and responsible decisions made have also
changed the course of action for
this group.
After careful consideration
as to the liability to landowners
for a mil levy to build a recreation center, it was determined
to be too risky and irresponsible
to move forward with that plan.
This new plan, however, is a very
small step in the right direction
for our community.
Ballot question 5B is asking
voters to approve a property tax
levy of 1 mil. This equals out to
about $8 per $100,000 annually
to property owners in the district.
Where would this money go?
It will go into a fund to bring recreational amenities to our community that would otherwise not
be available. By forming this
district, the Norwood Park and
Recreation District Board will
be able to look outside of our tax
base for funding for projects and
apply for grants and other funding sources to make these projects more feasible. Things like a
skateboard park, riding trails linking outlying areas to town so that
families can ride together safely,
an eventual swimming pool, and
other projects that would help to
bring our residents together.
The Town of Norwood alone
does not have the tax base or capabilities to develop these things
on it’s own. Nor should it. Creating this Park and Recreation District is the first step in responsibly
building a base for recreational
development.
I have heard so much support
for bringing more recreational
amenities to Norwood for our
kids and families. By building
community, we attract more residents looking for a nice place to
raise their families as my husband and I did 13 years ago.
No Better
Investment
Birthday Parties: A Way to
Turn Down Our Internal
Dialogue
As adults, we have a tenden- and pounding – really, all of
cy to think too much.
the emotions experienced by an
adult, just simplified into their
most basic forms, then tightly
R aising E lle
rolled and spring-loaded into the
By Martinique Davis
mold of a miniature person.
At a 2-year-old’s birthAdd a daily barrage of sensationalist reports about our coun- day party, drama and jubilation
try’s financial crisis, throw in complement each other, served
some alarmist political robocalls up as readily as cake and ice
and suddenly you’re struck with cream. Bonked heads and stolen
a case of low-grade anxiety. You toys cause tears one moment,
know, the mental virus that tends followed in the next by bodyto amplify slight concerns into wracking shrieks of delight. It
full-blown diarrheal alarm in the is a stage where real emotions
wee hours when you would re- are not shrouded by the bawdy
costumes of self-consciousness,
ally rather be sleeping.
But, lucky for you, I’ve dis- highbrow intellectualism, or
covered a temporary cure for masked agendas, but are instead
such cerebral angst: Spend a few allowed to run wild and naked.
hours at a 2-year-old’s birthday Sometimes, little players literally
do run wild and naked.
party.
Of course, we the parents are
Elle and I celebrated our
friend Charlotte’s second birth- simply spectators to this cabaday last week and in so doing, ret. Our children’s freedom from
Elle was introduced to her social over-consciousness is merely an
baby milieu, while my paltry amusing show to which we are
stresses and insecurities were an interested audience. An audihappily beached by the spastic ence that marvels at the purity
tides of the immediate and com- of sentiment shared by our kids,
pletely anti-analytical whims of who are mad and so yell, or who
a 2-year-old and all her friends. are happy and so hug. They are
For those readers who hungry so they eat; they are not
haven’t had the pleasure of at- hungry so they don’t eat. They
tending a party of many small want to play with others so they
children in a while, let me paint play with others; they want to sit
you a picture. There is screaming, running, crying, laughing,
see Davis on page 12
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Dems Offer Advice on Statewide Ballot Issues
Amendment 48: No. This
The central committee of the
San Miguel County Democrats is perhaps the most dangerous
has met and reviewed the state- amendment proposed in any
prior election year. This amendG uest C ommentary
ment would give “personhood”
By Dick Unruh, Chair of the San
to a human egg the moment it is
Miguel County Democratic Party
fertilized by the sperm. Theoretiwide ballot issues and would of- cally any miscarriage would have
fer these recommendations to the to be investigated as the death of
a person or homicide. There are
San Miguel County voters.
Amendment 46: No. This over 20,000 references to “peramendment would eliminate af- son” in Colorado statutes and
firmative action programs, which each law or statute would apply
benefit minorities and women. to a fertilized egg. While a voter
These programs are already nar- may object to abortion, this Conrowly tailored to counter the ef- stitutional amendment is no way
fects of decades of discrimina- to attempt to prevent the same.
Amendment 49: No. Another
tion.
Amendment 47: No. It anti-union amendment that both
makes it more difficult for work- business and labor agreed to oppose.
ers to organize.
Amendment 50. Mixed recommendation. Allows gaming
communities to raise the stakes
in gambling. Obviously supported by the gaming industry, some
people think communities with
gambling should decide on the
stakes, but the local folks are not
the people losing the money at
the tables or slots. The increased
tax revenue would go to community colleges (on the backs of the
losers).
Amendment 51: Yes. Increases funding for persons with
disabilities.
Amendment 52: No. Diverts severance tax (on minerals, oil and gas) to highway
construction. While we would
prefer better roads, the loser here
would be wildlife conservation,
low energy assistance, industry
regulation and other worthwhile
projects. The Denver Post, Rocky
Mountain News agree, no.
Amendment 53: Removed.
Amendment 54: No. Limits
free speech and especially labor
unions.
Amendments 55, 56, 57:
Removed.
Amendment 58: Yes. Eliminates the tax subsidy for oil and
gas companies (not small companies). Allocates tax revenue
for college scholarships, wildlife, renewable energy projects,
and water treatment.
Amendment 59: Yes. This is
an anti-TABOR amendment. The
rebates under TABOR will go to
a Savings Account for Education (SAFE). It is supported by
the Post, Rocky Mountain News,
G.J. Sentinel, and the Colorado
PTA.
Referendum L: Lowers age
for serving in state legislature
from 25 to 21. You decide.
Referendum M and N: Yes.
Deletes obsolete language from
the state constitution.
Referendum O: Yes, with
reservation. Decreases the number of signatures on initiative
petitions (to make a law) and
increases number of signatures
to amend the constitution. Not
perfect as it requires the signatures to be from all congressional
districts, but some improvement
over the present.
say (no bond line item has ever
been released) the landscape plan
could be around $50,000. Why
should I pay my share, over 20
years, of $100,000 for $50,000
worth of trees that will be dead
in 20 years? Bonding to pay for
fencing? Come on board, that
number must be small enough
that it should just be put in the
2009 budget. Doesn’t the school
have a maintenance/replacement
fund that should pay for a boiler? Improvement of the middle/
high school entry way will not
improve education in Telluride.
With the national recession we
may not need a new kitchen/
seating area as the coming failure of local business may make
it impossible for families to find
the work to afford to live in Telluride. Thus, with less students
the same existing kitchen/eating
area will work.
The bond will build eight
new classrooms. Currently two
existing classrooms are used for
preschool. The taxpayers built
them for grades k to twelve. Are
they being rented out to the preschool at a commercial market
rental rate triple net? The voters
have never voted to keep class
size at 20. Why not go to 24 for a
couple of years? Seventy out-ofdistrict students use our school.
Maybe it is time to cut out this
practice. What happens if we
add one period per day or extend
the number of days classes are
held. Doing some combination
of the aforementioned might put
off the building classrooms for a
couple of years.
Just for the record, I have
never heard of a public school
having a greenhouse. What does
your demographer say about
the student mix in five years?
Is it possible that a wood shop
or auto mechanics shop might
make more sense than a greenhouse. After all, not every student wants or is qualified to go
to college. The way things are
going nationally they may need
a job, not a college education after high school.
Other questions remain unanswered:
l. What is the cost per item
on the bond?
2. What is the remaining life
of the Elementary School roof?
3. Have grants been written to do the roof and repair the
bricks on this historic building?
4. What is the plan on teacher housing: does the district recover the cost of the land, interest and construction, and are
the units restricted to teachers in
perpetuity?
Have you really thought
about the argument, “This is
really not a new tax, but just a
reduction of an existing tax?” If
Letters from page 4
‘No’ on Bond for
R-1 School District
Editor:
Quite frankly I am puzzled.
I have been voting in Telluride
since 1974 and I have never seen
so many local taxing districts
competing for large tax dollars
in an unstable economy at the
same time. The districts used to
talk to each other and decide an
order to ask the voters for money. The Library District would
put off a voter request for a year
if they felt the Fire District had a
more pressing need. Not so any
more. It is “we all need the money now” and “our project is the
one you must support.”
I am going to take a very
unpopular position and ask the
School District to withdraw
their mill levy as in my opinion
it is poorly thought out. When
a mill levy is approved and the
bond is issued, the cost of repayment over 20 years is approximately twice the face value of
the bond, depending on interest
rates. If the voters approve the
collectively proposed $45 million in bonds, the pay back will
be around $90 million plus another 13 million if the preschool
mill passes. Residential or commercial property, this is a lot of
money.
Why should the taxpayers
pay twice as much for some
items that should be covered by
School District reserves? Let’s
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Although the .5 percent of sales
tax revenue dedicated to the town’s
affordable housing fund typically
Town B riefs
By Karen James
generates between $500,000 and
$550,000 annually, before long it
will no longer be enough to fund
future projects, Town Manager
Frank Bell told council during its
budget worksession held earlier
this week.
While the fund is adequate to
complete existing projects such as
the Gold Run affordable housing
at the east end of town, “We have
zero money to go out and build additional projects as the fund is set
Hospital from page 1
can’t afford another thing.”
Grun conceded that now is
an inopportune time to be asking
the voters to approve a tax increase. However, by making its
ability to trigger the bond contingent upon meeting conditions
up today,” he said. “We need additional revenue sources.”
Construction prices have driven up the cost to build the units,
but perhaps more of an issue is that
the town will soon need to acquire
more land upon which to build.
“Five-hundred thousand isn’t
really very much money if you’re
having to go out and buy land,”
Bell said.
Among potential solutions to
the dilemma include the town trading assets in exchange for land,
triggering $4.5 million in revenue
bonds authorized a few years ago
but never sold, or including a larger
free-market component in the projects to offset the town’s subsidy on
deed-restricted units and to generate revenue.
While it’s a matter for council
to consider, it will not need to make
an immediate decision, Bell said.
The days of the Town Park
Pavilion lobby doing double duty
as a makeshift dressing room are
on their way out now that council
has authorized a temporary use
permit for a trailer to be placed
on the east side of the pavilion,
where it will be largely screened
from view, for use during the upcoming hockey season.
that cannot be fulfilled until the
economy improves, the board,
acknowledging these fraught
times, hopes the voters will approve it regardless, and give the
project a chance to get off the
ground.
By approving the bond the
voters would enable the Hospital
District to demonstrate tangible
community support for the project. That support is critical in the
world of fundraising because private donors, generally speaking,
prefer that their money is the last
to be committed to a project, not
the first, Grun explained.
“It’s easier to raise money in
‘While it’s a matter for council to consider, it will
not need to make an immediate decision.’
– Frank Bell
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The existing two dressing
rooms are insufficient to accommodate all the players, particularly
during transitions between matches
when two teams ending play cross
paths with two more teams about
to begin, creating crowding in the
lobby.
The Parks and Recreation Department requested $473,000 in the
2009 budget to construct two additional dressing rooms at the pavilion. In light of budget restraints,
however, the request joined one
for about $1.6 million to upgrade
the Cornet Creek Bridge at Pacific
Street and $135,000 to replace town
parking meters among the first capital improvements to be cut.
The hockey club has proposed
that it pay $2,500 of the estimated
$5,000 it will cost to rent the 10foot by 32-foot trailer, while the
town would pay the balance of the
rent and utilities estimated to cost
$4,500.
a capital campaign if the bond
is authorized and there’s public commitment,” he said. “And
grants are easier to get.”
The first condition would require the completion of a feasibility study. The results of that
study would have to indicate that
the district could generate the
$16 million in private funding
needed to pay the balance on the
proposed $31 million facility.
“Nobody’s going to say, ‘I
guarantee you can raise [the
money],”said Grun. But,
“Before we go ahead with
the project, the board is going
to have to have confidence that
we can the complete project,” he
continued.
Next, the battered economy
will have to rebound sufficiently
for the bonds to be sold at an attractive interest rate.
“We’ll look at it with our
bond advisers,” said Grun.
“It’s clearly a different economic climate out there today
and it’s not going to be anywhere near as favorable as it was
six months ago,” he said.
Project cost estimates were
done in June before the full
force of the economic crisis
made landfall and the extent of
its devastation was fully understood. As a result, the board’s
third condition requires that the
cost of the project be reevaluated, complete with assurances
that it can be completed within
budget.
“We’re going to have to see
if the costs are still good in the
current climate,” said Grun.
The final condition that must
be met before the bonds could be
issued: The district must have a
land agreement.
The district has proposed
that a new medical center be
built on two lots, the current RV
Lot and a small portion of the
Pearl Property, both owned by
the Town of Telluride.
For that to take place, the
Telluride voters must approve
two citizen-initiated ordinances.
The first would enable the town
to sell the land to the hospital district. The second would
amend a pre-existing ordinance
dating to 1998 that prohibits development of any kind on the
Pearl Property.
In order for the medical center to be built, both must be approved in addition to the bond
question.
In the event that only the
land use questions meet with
voter approval, the district would
proceed with its plans to buy the
land, Grun said.
In the event they do not,
“We’re kind of stymied,” he
said.
Should the voters approve
the bond, Grun said, he believes
a 2009 tax increase would be
unlikely. “We were originally
going to sell bonds in the first
quarter, but for that to happen
now is almost impossible,” he
explained. “It would take an
economic miracle.”
Short of that miracle, Grun
believes that bonds would be issued no earlier than the second
quarter of next year, and perhaps
even as late as the fourth quarter
– or beyond – depending upon
market recovery.
“It’s not the best time, but
they’re well-thought-out plans,”
said Grun, of the overall medical
center concept. He emphasized
that even if the financing did not
become immediately available, a
green light from the voters would
mean the district could proceed
at least with planning for a new
medical center.
“All we get now is authorization,” said Hospital Administrator Gordon Reichard. “It gives
us the ability to move forward
on a bunch of fronts.
“It doesn’t result in an immediate tax increase if the economy is still in crappy condition,”
said Grun.
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Zero Waste for Mtn. Village
MOUNTAIN
VILLAGE er” for The Peaks Resort and Spa,
– “The conservative bastion of Mayor Bob Delves reported to the
Mountain Village is about to pass Mountain Village Town Council
on Thursday, following discussions he has had with Blackstone
Town B riefs
representatives.
Blackstone is also moving to
a zero waste initiative,” said May- have a total of 150 rooms availor Bob Delves on Thursday. And able this winter, “which is good
then the Mountain Village Town news,” Delves said.
Council voted unanimously to
“They’re embarrassed” about
adopt a resolution adopting a Zero the way the sale has not proceedWaste Action Plan which aims ed,” Delves said.
at zero waste or “darn close” by
Council agreed to send a letter
2025, with interim goals of a 50 to Blackstone expressing council’s
percent diversion of solid waste “displeasure at protracted nature
from landfills and incinerators by of sale and fact that the financial
2011, a 75 percent diversion by consequences to the town are sig2018, and a 90 percent or greater nificant,” in Delves’s words.
diversion by 2025.
Delves noted the irony, howThe first step in the plan was ever, that had the Peaks been sold,
council’s adoption of the initiative it might not be open this winter
this week.
at all, so the failure to sell has its
Future steps include track- silver lining. By the time it sells
ing the waste stream, purchasing and closes for remodeling, Delves
recycle containers, improving said, the Capella Telluride should
recycling programs, conduct- be open, sparking the town from
ing a public education campaign, undergoing a period of time with
and implementing a “pay as you no major hotel open.
throw” volume-based solid waste
and recycling program.
istration of emergency alarm systems with the town and imposes
fines for false alarms. The ordinance was adopted on first reading and goes to a final reading at
the next council meeting.
The second new ordinance
prohibits the discharge of firearms within the town limits. As
an “emergency ordinance,” it
goes into effect immediately.
No hunting!
VeNdiNg ON the PLaza
It’s been a rough summer for
merchants in Mountain Village,
and one way to assist them could
be to pull vendors back from the
beach this coming winter and onto
Heritage Plaza.
The theory, Mayor Bob Delves
told the Mountain Village Town
Council on Thursday, is that it’s
not fair for merchants to tough it
out only to face competition in the
high season from vendors who occupy prime real estate.
Moving the vendors deeper into
the Mountain Village center could
New Laws
draw traffic their way. It could also
create the feeling of a food court,
Peaks status uPdate
The Mountain Village Town a benefit to skiers and the general
Council on Thursday took steps
The Blackstone Group is seri- to put two new ordinances on the
ous about finding “the right buy- books. The first requires the reg-
amount of wood, or what is called
“feedstock.”
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The town of 1,600 people is lo- Sky-Hi Daily News they have alcated midway between Steamboat ready invested $10 million and
will spend another $50 million
Springs and Winter Park
Next up is may be an opera- during the next two years.
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into house-building timbers. Now
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the chief executive of Confluence
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From the Archives of the
Telluride Historical Museum
seRVice wORkeRs aNd NuRses posed with militiamen outside Dr. Hall’s Hospital, 1903-1904, which is now the Telluride
Historical Museum. Unionized miners received separate treatment during the period of labor dispute. (Photo courtesy Telluride
Historical Museum. All rights reserved.)
public, with vendors helping each
other at the same time.
Council worked through a series of applications and agreed to
a plan for this winter that will, if
successful, concentrate vendors on
Heritage Plaza. The town will provide additional seating to further
develop the concept.
Council also discussed elements of a new policy under development for plaza use, particularly
with the pending completion of
the Capella Hotel, which includes
a new central loading dock for the
Mountain Village Center.
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“Indexing is going to be
the extensive part of it,” she
said. “That may take a couple of
years.”
And while the main focus of
the digitization process is to create a backup of every document,
many of the old historical documents (like the railroad maps,
sheriffs’ oaths of office and ditch
books) are simply interesting to
view in their historical formats.
“What I personally have
found really interesting is the
handwriting. One hundred years
ago, it was all the same,” Nerlin
said. “They all wrote legibly and
very beautifully. They were all
very consistence and very concise.”
20, was taken by ambulance to
Montrose Memorial Hospital,
both “after sustaining serious
injuries.”
Grammer is the son of
Dave and Roxanne Grammer.
Kelley has been moved to
St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand
Junction, where he is being
treated for severe lacerations,
and Petersen is expected to recover from her injuries.
Kelley is facing 11 felony
charges, including vehicular
homicide, assault and manslaughter; vehicular assault
under the influence of alcohol;
underage consumption of alcohol; reckless driving; driving
under the influence; driving
at excessive speed; stop-sign
violation; and careless driving
causing bodily injury.
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Election
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2008
1992 Election
2,949 Registered Voters
644 voted
33 of those voted by mail
November 8, 1994
Election
3,583 Registered Voters
2,107 voted
21 of those voted by mail
November 5, 1996
Election
4,436 Registered Voters
2,780 voted
563 of those voted by mail
November 3, 1998
Election
5,231 Registered Voters
2,362 voted
496 of those voted by mail
November 7, 2000
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None of the occupants
were wearing seatbelts.
According to a news release from the Colorado State
Patrol, “the suspension of the
vehicle compressed, due to
the different elevations in the
country road and Colorado
145, causing a gouge in the
pavement. The vehicle then
went into a yaw traveling off
the left side of the roadway”
and into a dry irrigation ditch
and then “collided into a wire
fence and went airborne,”
landing on its wheel and rotating
counter-clockwise,
then tripped and rolled again,
“ejecting all occupants” before
coming to “rest on its top facing south.”
Valley Lawn Funeral Home
(970/249-4400) is handling funeral arrangements, which as
of press time were pending.
Letter to the editor
Norwood’s Tragic
Loss
takes too seriously. What if you
guys, the students and those who
recently graduated, create something of your own? What if you
all put those beautiful, intelligent,
and amazingly creative heads of
yours together to create some
sort of program that tries to create a safety net to prevent something like this from happening?
Something created by the students for the students? Maybe
there could always be designated
drivers at the parties, and when
kids show up for these parties, all
of the keys get taken away at the
start… Maybe you guys could
create an alcohol education program of your own that talks about
Gabe and Jessica, about the dangers of drinking and what you
all are going through right now.
Unfortunately, you all are learning how real this all is and how
drinking and driving can seriously hurt and kill those we love.
What you have to say can change
someone’s life, can change their
minds, and maybe help the future
party attendees realize that there
are a lot of other things that they
can choose to do…that they can
make a different choice. Maybe a
student talking to a student could
convince a student to not drink at
all. Maybe the best way to honor
the lives of Gabe and Jessica is
to create something that will
save someone else’s life today or
tomorrow.
Like I said I think it needs
to be created by all of you, but
if you need adults to support any
part of it, just ask. I will be your
first volunteer. I know that there
are teachers and parents that
would be willing to support you
guys. All you have to do is tell us
what you need and ask.
My heart goes out to all of
the families. I don’t even know
how to express what I am feeling
for all of you. I am so sorry.
Remember, peer pressure
can work for the good or work
for the destructive. It’s all about
choice.
Sincerely,
Editor:
Dear Youth of Norwood and
Surrounding Areas, I am so sorry
for your loss this past weekend.
Gabe was a great guy, one of my
favorite kids, and I can’t imagine him not being here. My heart
also goes out to my dear, sweet
Natalie who is going through
so much, is in so much pain,
and has a long road of recovery
ahead of her. I pray that Skyler
and his family will find their way
through this difficult time, and
that he will heal rapidly.
Most of you guys know me
because of the cars, through the
Petersen girls, or because of my
subbing at the school. I sub for
the simple reason of being able
to get to know all of you, to listen
to your dreams, to support you
in whatever way I can, to laugh
with you, and to cheer all of you
on in whatever way I can. My
hope is that you will see what I
see in you, realize all of the possibilities within you, and go on
to live rich and fulfilling lives.
You guys are my inspiration, and
you all bring me such joy every
time I sub at the school. Today I
want to cheer you on in a different way; through a challenge to
all of you.
We all know about the parties
in the woods. In fact, they are a
tradition in this county. However,
the side effects from these parties are killing us all within. Of
course, I want to say…no I want
to scream, “Please stop drinking and having these parties! I
don’t want to see anyone else
get hurt!” I remember those days
though, and I know that probably
won’t happen. However, with
what happened to Gabe and Jessica, I want you all to consider
something that can be done to
honor their lives.
If I were to sit down and
create a program against drunk
driving or the parties, I don’t
think it would have much ef–Marie Fouche, Artist and
fect. It would be an adult creating another program that no kid Substitute Teacher
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Middle
School
Volleyball
Ends
Season at
Tournament
By Martinique Davis
TELLURIDE – The Telluride
Middle School girls’ volleyball team
beat Ridgway Saturday morning
to win a spot in the San Juan Basin
League Tournament bracket, which
pitted the league’s top six teams
against each other Saturday in Telluride.
Following a long day of volleyball, Norwood beat Dolores in the
championship match to take the San
Juan Basin League title.
The Miners had a tough road to
the top on Saturday, facing eventual
tournament winners Norwood and
semifinalists Dolores in their first
two games of the day. They ended
the tournament tied with Ignacio for
sixth place.
The Miners had already celebrated a significant win Saturday
morning, however, after the team
beat Ridgway to move into the sixthplace seed for the season-ending
tournament. Telluride fell flat in
their first game against the Ridgway
Middle School Demons, but returned
in game two with renewed vigor to
force a third game tie-breaker. The
Miners put together a stellar effort in
game three, prevailing 15-10.
“The entire team was going after
see Volleyball on page 10
JUST DO IT! – U13 Girls’ Maddy Johnson, right, and Sarah Barr, left (in black jerseys) fought for the ball at Saturday soccer games
in Cortez. (Photo by Dale Kondracki)
Telluride Film Festival Presents Tell No One
TELLURIDE – Eight years ago,
Alex’s wife was murdered. Today, she
emailed him. What gives?
“I’ve heard of airtight plots. This one
is not merely airtight, but hermetically
sealed… this is how a thriller should be
made,” wrote Roger Ebert in he Chicago
Margot (Marie-Josee Croze) have a small
argument during a swim at a remote lake,
causing Margot to jump into the water.
She leaves Alex and swims across the
lake. When Alex hears his name called
from the distant bank, he swims to Margot, but he is knocked unconscious as
emails and so begins a twisting plot that
eventually reveals the truth about what
really happened at the lake that night.
“Channeling Hitchcock’s masterpiece
Vertigo while working from an American
mystery novel by the über-clever Harlan
Coben – (Guillaume Canet) has fired off
When two bodies are found near the place where she died, the
police begin watching Alex again.
SPIKE! – Telluride eighth grader Scout
Franklin readied the ball for a grand
spike at the Minerdome Saturday, in
an early-morning game featuring Telluride vs. Ridgway. Telluride lost the
first match, but then won the next two,
coming away with a final score of 15-8.
(Photo by Erin Raley)
Sun Times of the award-winning French
thriller Tell No One (2006).
The Telluride Film Festival presents
the film Thursday, Oct. 23 at the Nugget
Theatre, 8:30 p.m.
Directed by Guillaume Canet, the film
begins when respected pediatrician Alexandre Beck (Francois Cluzet) and his wife
soon as he climbs out of the water.
Jump eight years forward. Alex has
finally moved on after being the prime
suspect in his wife’s murder. However,
when two bodies are found near the place
where she died, the police begin watching
Alex again. The case takes an unexpected
turn when he begins receiving mysterious
one terrific, twisty thriller,” wrote Peter
Travers in Rolling Stone. “Hot-blooded,
haunting and packed with the pleasures
of the unexpected, Tell No One will pin
you to your seat.”
Tell No One is rated UK-15 (no MPAA
rating in U.S.) and runs 125 minutes. No
Nugget passes, please.
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TELLURIDE – The Telluride High School Cross Country
team may be in its inaugural year,
but that didn’t stop its members
from shooting for, and achieving,
greatness.
Four Telluride runners qualified for the State Championships, Josephine Bush, Ty Williams, Colton Rogers, and Kirk
Holstrom, qualified for the State
Championship Meet next weekend in Ft. Collins. Each of the
runners won their State ticket
thanks to stellar performances at
last weekend’s Regionals event
in Delta.
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every ball, digging deep and really wanting the win,” said TMS
volleyball coach Stephanie Ferris of the team’s win against
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With no rest between games,
the girls returned to the court to
meet league tyrants Norwood.
Propelled by their earlier win,
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business, according to a speaker at a recent tourism conference.
Daniel Levine told attendees at the conference that a hotel in Finland has glass-topped
“igloo” suites so guests can lie
in bed and watch the Northern
Lights. A guide company in
Lisbon, Portugal, offers tours
in which customers wear blindfolds and are led around the
city by blind people to experience the sounds, smells and
feelings of the city.”
“You’re creating brag-ability,” Levine said. But the key,
he added, is to provide adventure without too much danger
or effort.
Levine also cited several
other major trends in the travel
sector, reports the Vail Daily,
including “sustainability” initiatives. But companies claiming to be green, he explained
must be able to show proof of
their good deeds.
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS,
Colo. – Tightened credit is delaying redevelopment work at the
base of the Steamboat ski area.
Ski Time Square, a commercial area built in the early 1970s,
and an adjoining property called
Thunderbird Lodge have both
been demolished during the last
year. The expectation is of a new
Individually, Telluride runners shone brightly against their
regional competition. Bush finished fourth for the girls with
20:22, and on the boys’ side Williams took a podium spot with his
third-place finish (18:07) while
Rogers finished 10th (19:18) and
Holstrom 13th (19:56.)
As a team, Telluride established itself as a force to reckon
with, the girls coming in fourth
behind Crested Butte, Mancos
and Ouray in team scoring, and
the boys finishing third behind
Ouray and Mancos.
“I was really pleased with
our performances, the kids represented the school extremely
well,” said head cross country
coach Keith Hampton.
Hampton pointed to his runners’ across-the-board improvements as evidence of Telluride’s
rapidly evolving prowess on the
cross country course. Four of the
team’s runners – Bush, Williams,
Ali Tassone, and Tarja Berry –
competed on the same course
back in August, and each of those
runners shaved more than a minute (and in Bush’s case, nearly
a minute and a half) off of their
earlier season times.
Telluride’s four qualified
runners will compete in the State
Meet next Saturday in Ft. Collins. Go Miners!
in the face of menacing Maverick pressure, with blocker Margaret Doody posting four intimidating blocks and three kills in
the match. Setter Sarah Wontroboski was a stronghold for Telluride in the Norwood match as
well, playing what Coach Ferris
called a “phenomenal” game.
Also topping Telluride’s charts
was Toni Hill, whose digs kept
Telluride in the game until the
very end (Hill posted 15 digs on
the three-game day).
The Miners battled valiantly until the end, but ultimately
succumbed to Norwood with a
close final score of 23-25.
Ferris said that although the
middle school program would
no doubt miss the team’s 12 outgoing eighth graders next year,
the upcoming players are loaded with talent, ensuring a bright
future for the volleyball middle
school volleyball program.
base with more condominiums
and shops plus a street design
that is both more pleasing and
functional.
But an agency of city government has postponed its planned
issuance of $20 million in bonds
to pay for new pedestrian area
walkways and other public infrastructure improvements to complement the private sector work.
Without that bond issue this year,
nothing is likely to happen until
after next year. City officials tell
The Steamboat Pilot & Today
nothing is likely to happen next
year in upgrading public areas.
Among those improvements was
an all-seasons promenade which
will ring the central portion of the
base area.
What will happen in the
private-sector work remains to
be seen. A major developer, The
Atira Group, admits uncertainty,
but retains hope that high-end
real estate will not be as deeply
affected.
“We’re definitely in a challenging time for the next few
months… But it’s not as much
of a concern with a higher-end
project,” said Mark Matthews, a
vice-president with Atira.
Matthews told the newspaper
that Atira Group is encouraged by
continuing sales at another basearea project, called Edgemont.
“The high-end market is still out
there. This type of product is a
lifestyle product,” he said. Moreover, Steamboat Springs city officials have not even yet approved
the projects. By the time that happens, he said, “we feel the credit
markets will be different.”
But Lou Antonnucci, the
president of the Steamboat
Springs City Council, said he
fears the original timetable for a
completed redevelopment within
three to five years might be impossible.
“It’s almost like our worst
nightmare came true,” he said.
“The fact is, we’ve got a wasteland up there.”
Steamboat’s improved future,
he continued, “really depends on
there being buyers out there who
are willing to buy a second home
in Steamboat.”
Another fear in Steamboat is
that “institutional memory” may
be lost if too many individuals
involved in the project drift off
to other projects during a hibernation. One of those key figures,
redevelopment coordinator Joe
Krakum, said he’s looking for
other work. “The bottom line is,
I can’t go two months without
work.”
Elsewhere in Steamboat, in
the town’s original downtown,
the tightened credit has caused
one major new project to delay
work until next year. Bankers are
reportedly requiring increased
amounts of capital down on their
projects. Instead of 25 percent of
total project costs, developers are
required to come up with 35, 40
or even 50 percent of total costs
from other sources.
But one of the major developers, Jim Cook, is guardedly optimistic. “It’ll change,” he told the
Pilot & Today. “All these things
change. I’ve been through about
six or seven of these downturns.
Some are larger and more painful than others, but by and large,
they pass.”
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Letters from page 5
we pass this it is money we are
going to have to pay. This mill
seems to be a giant wish list of
the school board members. Did
I understand correctly that “new
infrastructure for technology”
is merely a free laptop for each
student? Aren’t we all ready
concerned with what they are
learning on the internet? If they
all have laptops, do we need new
classrooms or maybe just rent
space in town and have satellite
classrooms.
We now learn that the school
enrollment is down 1 percent
(six students) this year. If next
year is also down, might we
build eight classrooms that will
sit empty? If the school board
won’t withdraw the mill, I
would ask the voters to join me
in voting against this bond. Not
because you are against quality
education, but because the timing is wrong, many questions are
not answered, and this bond has
too much nonessential spending in it. Let’s wait, cut out the
fluff in this bond, and pass a reworked bond in the future, after
we know how the recession has
affected the School District and
our community.
– John Hopkins
Support Our
Schools
Editor:
As the parents of a first and
third grader in the Telluride Elementary School we are writing to
urge you to support Ballot Issue
3A with a yes vote.
The population of the Town of
Telluride, Mountain Village and
the surrounding areas is growing steadily, and so is our student
population. Respected demographers tell us this trend is here to
stay. New families have moved
to the region and local couples
have started their own families.
Children are everywhere.
There’s a reason for this.
Telluride’s a great place to live,
work and play. The schools are
excellent. The school board and
our local teachers have worked
hard to make our schools some of
the best in Colorado, and we’ve
seen the fruits of their labor in a
variety of awards and in consistently high test scores.
Today, however, the Telluride
School District is at a crossroads.
Projected enrollment will soon
overburden our existing facilities. Our daughter’s third grade
class requires three classrooms.
Our other daughter’s first grade
class is larger and encompasses
four classrooms, as do the second
grade and kindergarten classes. If
this trend continues we will not
have enough classrooms in the
existing buildings to accommodate these children. As these children move on we need a place to
put them, and those who will follow them.
According to a 2008 childcare
report for San Miguel County between 1990 and 1999 the average
number of births per year was
56. Between 2000 and 2006 the
average was 78. These children
will end up in our schools sooner
rather than later. We also need to
ensure that the environment we
provide encourages 21st century
learning practices without compromising our larger community’s values of sustainability.
The Long Range Planning
Committee has worked diligently
to find a solution that works for
everyone. We commend them
for taking a step back from the
original, larger plan of a completely new building. They have
proposed a solution that is wellcrafted, uses existing school
property without eliminating our
one soccer field, and incorporates
sustainable systems (including
much-needed renovations to the
historic elementary school) to
reduce energy usage and, last
but not least, includes affordable
housing for school employees.
The alternatives are not
pretty. Portable classrooms cost
approximately $250,000 each,
are not well suited for our high
alpine climate, and the only place
to install them would be on the
soccer field. No one wants to see
our children going to school in
trailers. Our community is better
than this.
The school board has always
recognized the importance of
planning for future growth well
in advance so that educational
programs are not compromised.
A yes vote on 3A gives them the
tools they need to continue this
important work, and the eight
new classrooms and renovations
should accommodate student
growth projections for the next
seven to eight years.
Finally, while the bond is for
$18 million, thanks to the early
retirement of a previous bond in
December of this year, property
taxes will not increase. Additionally, the interest rate on the bond
is capped at 6 percent. In fact,
if this measure is passed the net
effect is a decrease, something
surely everyone can appreciate in
our current economic climate.
Please support our school
board and our children on Nov.
4 by voting yes on question 3A.
Thank you.
– Jim and Virginia Lucarelli
TELLURIDE
YOGA CENTER
Art an Effective
Coalition Builder
Editor:
Art Goodtimes is the best
informed, most progressive and
wisely pragmatic political leader
in western Colorado. As a member of both Club 20 and Western
Colorado Congress for the last
eight years, I have seen first-hand
Art Goodtimes’s effectiveness at
building coalitions of elected officials, community leaders, and
conservation organizations to
promote policies that protect the
environment while supporting
economic development.
With our current, complex
fiscal problems and West Slope
mineral development boom, Art
Goodtimes has the knowledge,
experience and passion for problem solving that make him the
leader that San Miguel County
needs for the difficult times
ahead. I strongly support his reelection as county commissioner
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and I hope you will consider do- missioner Goodtimes has participated in the Public Lands Partnering the same.
ship (PLP) and the Uncompahgre
More Goodtimes…
Restoration Project (UP) which
– Michelle Haynes, Town of encompass Delta, Montrose,
Ouray, and San Miguel counties.
Norwood Trustee
The PLP is a regional grassroots
group with a very diverse membership. Since 1993, its mission
has been to “to influence the
management of forests and public lands in ways that maintain
diverse, healthy and viable economies, forests and communities.”
As both a member and leader of
Editor:
The reason this letter is be- the Public Lands Partnership,
ing written by non-residents of Commissioner Goodtimes has
San Miguel County is simple: brought knowledge, momentum
We want to make sure the people and innovative problem solving
of San Miguel know how far to public lands issues that benefit
reaching and effective Commis- the entire area.
Following the 2002 Burn
sioner Goodtimes’s leadership
has been.
see Letters on page 12
For almost a decade, Com-
Leadership
Beyond the
County Line
Bob Callard Dies in
Mancos
– Charles Kerr, Grand Junc- Dear Friends of Bob Callard:
It’s with a heavy heart that we
must announce the news that Bob
Callard passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 15. Despite our grief, we
know that he has moved on to a
better place and has been reunited with Monika, the love of his
Editor:
life. Bob was a true American, a
I have had the pleasure of unique and strong individual who
working with Art Goodtimes for was as comfortable flying a B-25
the past two and one-half years as bomber as he was engineering a
I serve as a Norwood Trustee. Art skyscraper, windsurfing at Mirahas always supported and cared monte, dominating the Hillside
about West End issues including handball court, or navigating by
Norwood Town proper issues and the stars, sailing along through his
for this I am grateful.
rich life. His wisdom, experience,
It is important for such a perspective and most importantly,
small town like Norwood to have his willingness to share it with all
supporters and “cheerleaders,” if of us will certainly be missed, but
you will, in our corner. Art’s sup- more than anything, cherished for
port has been invaluable and I eternity. Knowing that it is off seacan’t imagine it any other way.
son, and so many of Bob’s friends
Art has encouraged and been are taking a break from our deada proponent of funding requests end canyon, we figured a letter to
for West End programs such as the editor might get the word out
the Wright Stuff Foundation and
the Farmers Market to name a
few. He has shown genuine concern for Wright’s Mesa and has
been the Wright’s Mesa voice on
a regional and state level. He understands the long term historical context of local and regional
political issues and has provided
great assistance to myself as an
elected official when needed.
I am casting my vote for Art
tion
Goodtimes Good
For West End
and allow all of us to mix up an
Old Fashioned cocktail and raise
our glasses to Uncle Bob, just as
he would expect. Funeral services
have yet to be scheduled, but we
anticipate a tribute of sorts to be
held in Telluride sometime in November.
We’ll certainly miss one of
the smartest, humblest, happy-golucky men to ever hike, survey,
ski, fish, or sail through our valley.
On behalf of the Callards
and Catsmans, a hearty “cheers”
to Uncle Bob, and may the next
round be as rich as the last round.
Sincerely,
–Werner Catsman
Bob Callard was preceded
in death by his wife, Monika, in
2003; he is survived by Jim Callard, of Durango; Jeff Callard, of
Tulsa Okla.; Gene Farris of Palatine, Ill., Ruth Callard of Seattle,
Wash.; and by Monika’s sister,
Telluride resident Terry Catsman,
and the Catsman family.
Be Heard!
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San Miguel County is in the process of completing a county-wide Community Wildfire Protection Plan (also called a CWPP). The plan focuses on protecting community
values and it is critical that the public identify the values most important to them.
Surveys have been created to engage the community in identifying key infrastructure
as well as key values in their geographic area. One survey is for residents of the West
end of San Miguel and Montrose Counties and the other is for residents of the East end
of San Miguel County.
In addition to the survey, citizens will have a chance to speak up on any wildfire
issues important to them during public meetings to be scheduled in Telluride,
Norwood and Egnar in November. Public comment is also welcomed by contacting Jennifer Dinsmore, Emergency Management Coordinator, at 728-9546 or
[email protected]. Thank you in advance for your participation.
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Davis from page 4
in a corner by themselves so they
sit in a corner by themselves.
Meanwhile, we all still worry
about whether what we just said
sounded stupid, are conscious
that our underwear may show if
we bend over, and wonder if we
should really be eating cheesecake.
But even though we can’t
completely turn off the sound of
our internal dialog, the baby birth-
Letters from page 11
Canyon Fire for example,
Commissioner Goodtimes led
an effort to resolve conflict between environmental interests,
loggers and the Grand Mesa,
Uncompahgre and Gunnison
Forest Service (GMUG) over
the Forest Service’s proposed
salvage logging prescriptions
in San Miguel County. As a
result of Commissioner Goodtimes’s leadership, an alternative emerged that enabled salvage logging to occur in some
burned areas where the terrain
was not steep. Commissioner
Goodtimes, along with other
devoted citizens primarily
from San Miguel County and
the PLP, subsequently implemented an annual monitoring
effort to assessing the affects
of the salvage logging that oc-
day scene before us can at least
turn down the volume.
I watched as a 5-year-old
dragged a baby toy around the
house, using it like a lure for a
crawling baby fish called Elodie.
Just when Elle would reach out
her hand to finally touch the toy
that had captured her attention
eight painstaking hand-then-knee
shuffles ago, the older girl would
move it further away, and wait
for her to get close again, before
moving it further away again.
From my perspective, the
game seemed little like fun and
more like hazing. But Elle kept
crawling after that toy, around and
around the house. She didn’t get
frustrated by the knowledge that
she was littler and not as good at,
well, everything as this older little
girl; she was unabashed in her determination and unafraid of failure. Eventually, something else
caught her attention, or caught
the older girl’s attention, and the
game ended. And they moved on,
curred in 2003-04.
Commissioner Goodtimes’s
leadership and innovation
through this and other projects
has taught everyone involved
about ecological monitoring
and the importance of adaptive
management. Not only were
salvage logs provided for mills
in Delta and Montrose counties, but San Miguel County
received
modest
financial
gains. Although Commissioner
Goodtimes has always made it
known upfront that his primary
objective is to do what he believes is best for San Miguel
County, his leadership and efforts have also significantly
benefited neighboring counties
and the region. In large part
because of his involvement,
the PLP and this region have
received significant national
recognition and funding for
becoming more adept stewards
of this breathtaking place we
live. Recently this recognition
included awards from the Regional U.S. Forester, the Chief
of the U.S. Forest Service, the
Secretary of Agriculture and
several nonprofit organizations.
In the event not all citizens
of San Miguel County know
what an asset Commissioner
Goodtimes has been to neighboring counties, we thought it
appropriate to reiterate the importance of his leadership from
this broader perspective.
Sincerely,
– Mary Chapman, former
coordinator and executive director of the Public Lands
Partnership, and Stephen Schrock, co-founder of the PLP
and Delta County resident
Christmas & New Years
VACATION RENTAL
and never thought about it again.
It was a good lesson. While
I’m perfectly happy to have not
been the one being baited around
a party by a person more clever
than I, it was refreshing to watch
the scene unfold before me. And
even now, doing what I do as an
adult by over-analyzing the interaction, I do so with the memory
of feeling astonished at how these
two girls played a game ripe with
adult-created connotation – ie. I’m
better than you – so innocently
A Goodtimes
Endorsement
From Aspen
Editor:
During my 13 years as a
county commissioner, I came to
know and respect the work of
Art Goodtimes. Art is known
throughout the region for his
courage, his humor and his insight into the problems faced by
rural mountain communities.
Once a lone voice in the (almost) wilderness of Colorado
politics, Art is respected for
having advanced the notions of
community, local housing and
sustainable public policy when
others were repeating the all
growth is good mantra. He is not
afraid to challenge the policies
and practices of energy companies where those conflict with the
public good.
None of this is said in derogation of any other candidate or
candidates – quite simply, I am
proud to have shared with and
learned from Art over the years.
– Mick Ireland, Aspen
Family Member
Has Hope
Mountain Village Luxury Home with Spectacular Views.
4 Bed, 4.5 Bath + Loft ~ Sleeps 8-12 ~ Private Hot Tub
Sunny location 5 min. from the Telluride airport.
Editor:
I have been coming to Telluride for years to visit family
members. We visit several times
during the summer and winter
months. We love all that Telluride has to offer with the camps
in the summer and the clubs for
kids, especially the Adaptive Ski
Program because my son has special needs.
I feel comfortable in Telluride because of the quality of
health care that my family, especially my son, can receive at the
medical center. I feel confident
spending time in such a remote
place, and allowing my son to
and without the echoings of subtext or social nuance.
Someday, when they’re older
and more accustomed to the social
inner workings of women, these
two girls may play a game like
this again, but by then their blossoming adult psyches will find it
irresistible to attach meaning to
it. Until then, I’m happy to be a
spectator to such baby games, and
while in the process try to remember what it feels like to not think
so much.
ski and hike, knowing that our
health-care needs will be met by
the competent staff there. To date
there has not been a trip that I
have not used the med center.
I have been following the articles and letters in the newspapers regarding the need for a new
facility.
It is difficult to imagine that
anyone would oppose it. Telluride has a beautiful ice rink
and theater. The current medical
center is a house with a failing
foundation. There is an extraordinary staff at the current medical center working in challenging
conditions. There are increasing
demands on the health care providers because of population and
visitor growth. How does the
community plan to meet these
health care needs if they don’t
support the new facility?
I am sure that I am not the
only family member who visits
Telluride who is concerned about
this issue. A great health care facility is a determining factor for
many when they decide to live in
and visit a resort town. Telluride’s
residents have an opportunity to
make sure there is exceptional
healthcare there for themselves
especially, but also for the people
who visit and play there.
Sincerely,
–
N.C.
Lynn Muller, Charlotte,
Vote for
Goodtimes
Editor:
As a resident of neighboring
Ouray County, I have served on
boards and committees and attended meetings with Art Goodtimes and seen the great things
that he has done for San Miguel
County from far outside you
County Lines. I can assure San
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Across
1 Drink with a
straw
6 Joke setting
9 Blue gem, for
short
14 Side with a hero
18 Expenditure
19 Ricky’s portrayer
20 Ruffle
21 New England
law school
22 Witches’ party?
24 Raft wood
25 Strong cleaners
26 Forward-looking
sort
27 Most distant
29 Nuevo __:
Mexican state
30 Orléans green
31 Automaton gone
missing?
34 Depressed area
36 Tweak
39 Space on the left
40 Hotfoot it
41 Author Tolstoy
42 Tenochtitlán
native
46 Garden worker
47 Took steps
48 Flies and gnats,
e.g.
50 Chinese menu
general
52 Major road
53 Agitated state
54 People you
gamble with?
58 Some antique
radios
62 Frank prose
NON SEQUITOR
64 Eastern sash
65 ’70s landmark
case, familiarly
66 Expo ’70 city
67 Things to talk
about
69 More thin and
graceful
71 Bale role
72 Hose woes
73 The line before
yours, e.g.
74 Tennyson’s
twilight
75 “The Wolf in
Sheep’s Clothing”
author
76 Part of the wolf’s
threat
77 Swamp for
wishers?
80 Zeroes
83 Other, in Oaxaca
86 Unproven ability
87 Hyperglycemia
sufferer
89 Wild time
91 Keep from getting home safely?
93 It eats shoots and
leaves
94 “Burn Notice”
network
95 Pressure
96 Layers
99 Irish hero, briefly
101 Raspy
102 Result of pranksters shooting at
Wal-Mart’s sign?
106 Arabian chief
107 Biz lead-in
109 Line of clothing
110 Aurora, e.g.
114 __ facto
115 River through
Tours
117 Rodeo competitors, in ungrammatical German?
119 Wanton look
120 “Murdering
Airplane” artist
121 Mindful of
122 “American Idol”
success Clay
123 Puts in
124 Card in the major
arcana
125 Votes against
126 Uproars
Down
1 Watch chains
2 Tackle box item
3 Oklahoma tribe
4 Old gathering
places
5 One of the
Smothers Brothers
6 Porto-Novo is its
capital
7 Rigorously
abstinent
8 Chocolate toffee
brand
9 Area with slides
10 Mother-of-pearl
source
11 Atelier item
12 “That __ last
week!”
13 Chinese port
14 Monument
inscribed “Sufferin’
succotash!”?
15 Outfit for babies
16 Warned
17 “In Treatment”
psychologist Paul
19 Carp cousin
23 Knock
28 Williams of the
diamond
32 Petting zoo
sound
33 Charlie Parker
genre
35 Stand waiter
36 “Unfortunately
...”
37 It begins on Ash
Wednesday
38 Like a Music
Appreciation 101
dropout, maybe
43 __ crossing:
white-striped pedestrian area
44 Rare trick taker
45 Guinness Book
ending
49 In debt due to an
inaccurate tax return?
50 Soliloquy start
51 E-mail grins
52 Poet laureate
before Southey
55 Group of 13
56 Concert venue
57 Swe. neighbor
59 Act in an amusingly affected way
60 Blotter letters
61 Gabriel or Rafael
preceder
63 Trailers and
mailers
66 Allied gp. since
1948
67 Remains in a
tray
68 Wildebeest
69 Lawyer’s
advice
70 Sub
71 Get taken
73 Audit rep
75 B-bravo link
78 Part of UNCF
79 Old vitamin
bottle abbr.
81 Edelstein of
“House”
82 “Skedaddle!”
84 Durbeyfield
daughter
85 Zipped again, as
a storage bag
88 Word with ball
or board
89 Walked angrily
90 Exalted
91 Catherine the
Great, e.g.
92 Eager
93 Pal
95 Aussie lassie
97 Boxer played by
Smith
98 Sinew
100 Small-time
103 Settles in
104 Folded fare
105 Wellness gp.
108 Reason for an
R rating
111 Mythical
trickster
112 One changing
colors
113 Figs. in a 3-2-4
format
116 Ordinal suffix
118 “__ I dreaming?”
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Miguel voters that impact has extended beyond the county.
It would be hard to imagine
a more dedicated servant in any
county commission. He travels
far and works very energetically
on issues that would affect your
county and the rest of western
Colorado.
For the sake of the future
well-being of San Miguel county,
and other neighboring counties,
I would urge you to support Art
Goodtimes at the polls. I wish I
could.
– Jim Stephenson, Ouray
County
Another ‘Vote for
Goodtimes’
Editor:
I am writing this letter in support of Art Goodtimes. Art has
demonstrated his ability to listen
to, and represent his diverse constituency in San Miguel County.
His work has been lauded on a
county and state level, and I believe his experience will continue
to be valuable in the commissioner’s’ position. I personally
have appreciated Art’s work with
the Regional Transportation Task
force. Art realizes the importance of a consistent and reliable
regional transportation network
to support a reliable workforce
and sustainable growth in the
county.
Please join me in supporting
Art Goodtimes for San Miguel
County Commissioner.
Sincerely,
the coming economic, educational and health challenges in our
region.
Noelle understands the need
to explore all sectors of our economy to find what the most likely
successes and best fits for future
growth will be in Southwest
Colorado. Noelle understands the
limitations health care and education will face and has offered
innovative ideas for maximizing
the provision of these vital services
To these tasks, Noelle brings
a unique brand of equanimity and
decency from years of working
cooperatively with others.
Vote for Noelle Hagan so that
she can become our 58th State
District Representative because
the challenges we now face require a person who puts ideology
aside and brings decades of experience to the daunting tasks now
facing Colorado and our region.
If anyone can do this right, it’s
Noelle.
– Howard Greene
Go, Goodtimes!
Editor:
Art Goodtimes gets my vote
again for the simple reason that
he effectively represents his
constituents. That’s you and me
who live in Telluride, the people
I work with in Norwood (as the
town’s planner), everyone in
San Miguel County. It’s not easy
keeping such divergent needs in
mind, especially if they conflict,
which sometimes happens. But
Art listens, sorts through what he
hears, and figures out what’s important. Sometimes living in our
– Richard Grimes, Norwood remote and sheltered county, we
forget that we’re part of the rest
of the world. In these uncertain
times, we need all the competent
representation we can get, someone who knows how to protect
the County’s interests in Denver,
Editor:
Washington and elsewhere. Art
For eight years as Montrose provides this better than almost
Mayor and City Councilmember, anyone else. Vote for Art.
Noelle proved almost daily what
real nonpartisan leadership is all
– Amy Levek
about. Regardless of the issue,
she has held a distinguished reputation as the person to rely on
for finding a way to bring people
together to solve problems.
Noelle’s
accomplishments Editor:
cover quite a wide range of local
I have lived and worked in
concerns. They include helping to Telluride for the past 30 years. I arprevent the 2003 Front Range wa- rived in Telluride as a single parent
ter grab that would have dramati- of three children. I moved here to
cally altered our local agriculture enjoy the out-of-door life style and
and businesses, creating a “rainy beautiful surroundings along with
day” fund to protect against an several other young families. In
economic downturn (have you those days I remember class sizes
noticed the rain lately? – Noelle in the Telluride School of 8-11-23
had the foresight to provide some students per grade. Things have
umbrellas), and voting to repeal changed for young working class
tax on small businesses.
families. The numbers of students
While Noelle’s past accom- has risen along with the cost of
plishments are to be admired, the living and the cost of affordable
main reason I am so impressed childcare in the area. In 1950 one
by her is the understanding of out of 10 women was in the workcomplex issues that she has dem- ing force. Today eight out of 10
onstrated. She comprehends what women are in the working force.
can and must be done at the state In San Miguel County we have
level to minimize the impacts of over 200 working class families
Hagan for State
House
Yes on 1A
on a waiting list for quality child
care. What happens to a whole
community if these families can’t
find affordable child care? They
move out! I don’t want to live in
a community of only second home
owners and single folks. I love to
see young families engaging in
daily life in Telluride. It adds youth
and happiness to my day and a big
smile of enjoyment. Please join me
in my quest to keep local workingclass families in Telluride by voting Yes on 1A.
Thank you,
– Cathy James, Telluride
TMC’s Health Fair
A Success!
Editor:
Once again the Telluride Medical Center’s annual Health Fair was
a resounding success! We again did
more blood draws than any previous year, and immunized over 60
people against Influenza. Participants were able to take advantage
of free HIV testing courtesy to the
Telluride AIDS Foundation. Telluride EMT’s, Mike, Heidi and JT
performed free EKG’s on numerous
participants. Thanks to Darla from
Southwest Hearing for providing
hearing screening and to Dawn
from Dr. Maruca’s office for performing low cost heel Bone Density
testing.
Dr. Jeffery Ptak graciously
provided his time to perform skin
exams on many people during the
Health Fair. Emo and Dr. Jenny
Hargrove from IFAM (Institute for
Altitude Medicine) checked oxygen status and lung function testing. The two local Physical Therapy groups Peak Performance with
Brett and Megan and Balanced PT
with Derek and Laura aided people
with various physical evaluations
and tips for exercises.
Linda from the American
Cancer Society had a table full of
information on cancer and cancer
screening. Rocky Mountain Health
Plans presented information on affordable health insurance. Luvlight
Acupuncture demonstrated their
therapies for any person interested.
Thanks as well to Pam Brumley,
PT, who demonstrated laser treatment for soft tissue injury.
A special thanks goes to Viking
Rentals for the donation of tables
and chairs for the 10th year in a
row.
And as always many thanks
and kudos to the Telluride Medical Center staff for their time and
hard work: Dr. Sharon Grundy, Dr.
Kent Gaylord, Eric Johnson, NP,
Pam McCreedy, Reva Saunders,
Barbara Newby, Gordon Reichard, Becky Padilla, Rebecca Pugh,
Lorraine Heidergott, Paula Eaton,
Anji Sawant, Beth Kuperman, Ann
Doody, Julie Wesseling, Cheryl
Fitzhugh, Rebecca Reichard, Bob
Cronebaugh, Nan Dudek, as well
as community volunteers: Margaret and John Matthews, and Tor
Anderson.
Thanks,
– Eric C. Johnson, NP
Vote ‘Yes’ on
Norwood Rec
Center
Editor:
I am writing to encourage everyone to Vote Yes on Ballot questions 5B-5E.
For the past two years a small,
but determined group of residents
from Wright’s Mesa have worked
tirelessly to try and bring a recreation plan to fruition that could
greatly enhance the quality of life
for our residents. Input from the
community has been collected,
donated funds raised to pay for a
feasibility study and responsible
decisions made have also changed
the course of action for this group.
After careful consideration as to
the liability to landowners for a
mil levy to build a recreation center, it was determined to be too
risky and irresponsible to move
forward with that plan. This new
plan, however, is a very small step
in the right direction for our community.
Ballot question 5B is asking
voters to approve a property tax
levy of 1 mills. This equals out to
about $8 per $100,000 annually to
property owners in the district.
Where would this money go?
It will go into a fund to bring recreational amenities to our community that would otherwise not
be available. By forming this district, the Norwood Park and Recreation District Board will be able
to look outside of our tax base for
funding for projects and apply for
grants and other funding sources
to make these projects more feasible. Things like a skateboard
park, riding trails linking outlying
areas to town so that families can
ride together safely, an eventual
swimming pool, and other projects that would help to bring our
residents together. The Town of
Norwood alone does not have the
tax base or capabilities to develop these things on it’s own. Nor
should it. Creating this Park and
Recreation District is the first step
in responsibly building a base for
recreational development.
I have heard so much support
for bringing more recreational
amenities to Norwood for our kids
and families. By building community, we attract more residents
looking for a nice place to raise
their families as my husband and I
did 13 years ago.
In these tough economic
times, we need to invest in our
communities and bring our friends
and neighbors together to build a
stronger America. Please join me
in stengthening OUR community
on Wright’s Mesa by voting YES
on 5B-5E.
Respectfully Yours,
– Jennifer Dabal
Vote for Tipton
58th House Seat. We believe
that effective representation does
have a lot to do with family and
individual values such as honesty, integrity and caring, as well as
the abilities to listen, formulate
and to build consensus in order
to implement. These values are
those of Scott.
Scottís family and ours have
had a personal and professional friendship spanning the last
twenty-five years. From knowing
Scottís strong, community building, father and courageous mother, his wife a former elementary
teacher, his two bright daughters
and other family members, we
have gained an insight of him and
his family that we would like to
share with you.
Scott and his family have always been there for our communities. He is highly active in and
supportive of education; always
at the forefront of economic and
community development efforts,
as well as one of the first in line
to help when action is needed to
assist others. He is a first class
businessman with a heart and
mind as large as the Western
Slope of Colorado.
Scott is one of those rare individuals when faced with a decision of a relative stress-free life
or a choice of serving the public
interest, has chosen that of serving. In all honesty our family
does not know Scottís opponent,
however the one thing that we
can assure you of is, that from
family-to-family we can do ourselves proud by electing a great
family man and beyond; Scott
Tipton as our next Representative
in the 58th.
– Gary, Nancy and Garan
Shaw
Vote for
Goodtimes!
Editor:
I first met Art Goodtimes
many years ago when he was instrumental in bringing Colorado
Chautauqua, a cultural and education traveling festival, to the
Western Slope of Colorado. Since
then, Art has participated in many
more cultural and public interest
activities and events around the
Western Slope, including the annual Headwaters Conference in
Gunnison, a gathering of people
who discuss issues of importance
to the future of our beautiful region.
I have served on the board of
Western Colorado Congress with
Art Goodtimes, and I know him
to be a thoughtful, committed
advocate for a sustainable and
just society. We haven’t always
agreed, but the great thing is that
I know Art is dedicated to finding solutions to the problems that
face our region.
Also, I love to hear him recite
his poetry! He’s a Western Slope
treasure.
Editor;
Our family would like to ask
– Gretchen Nicholoff, Hotchyour familyís consideration of
Scott Tipton for election to the kiss
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I frequently
watch hapless parents suffer under the
tyranny of their children. I don’t presume
to know their situations, but I can’t help
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By Caeriel Crestin
thinking that they are doing both themselves and their kids a disservice by forgetting their role as guardians and guides.
Throughout our lives, we’re forced to
rethink our relationships with other
people, and redefine ourselves accordingly. That’s what’s happening to you
now. Ignore what your ego is telling you.
Mostly disregard what you’re reading
and hearing out there. The truth is you
already know the “right” thing to do in
most situations, if you just give yourself
a chance to think about it. Give yourself
that chance, then do that thing.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A friend
of mine was robbed the day before she
moved. All her stuff was packed into convenient boxes for the thieves to load up
and haul off. What shits! I can’t help but
wonder if this was their plan all along, or
just excellent luck for the burglars. Nevertheless, there is something essentially
Scorpionic about such a move, in the
sheer brilliant maliciousness of the timing. One of the things you guys rock at
is picking the “perfect” moment to make
your move. Evil-minded Scorpios wreak
havoc with their impeccable timing; enlightened ones create miracles. Which
role will you play this week?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Humor will take you further than anger ever
could. People are more likely to change
their minds if you make them laugh than
if you try to make them pissed off, or
care. This is the key to getting them to
pay attention, and consider behaving differently. Forget the lame ineffectiveness
of earnest entreaties; they’ll just make
you cynical and bitter. Embrace instead
hilarious, clever satire. Even if it’s no
more successful than the heartfelt pleas,
at least you’ll have fun putting the word
out. Your wit will carry you further than
you thought possible. Use it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You
knew ages ago who you wanted on your
side. Unfortunately, picking “your team”
in advance doesn’t mean you’ll get them.
You may be able to bring some of the
people you want on board, but definitely
not all of them, probably not even most
of them. Now’s the time to demonstrate
versatility and flexibility. Consider this
an opportunity. Soaring in adverse conditions is far more impressive than flying
high in clear blue skies. Making this lessthan-ideal situation a phenomenal success is the perfect demonstration of how
amazingly badass you are. Even though
nothing’s going exactly right, in retrospect you’ll likely decide things couldn’t
have gone better.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Names
have tremendous power. Many ancient
traditions put great stock in names. How
much does your name represent you or
empower you – or limit you? Being a
Rockefeller, for instance, might open
many doors, but it would also make
people view you much differently than
they would have if you were part of the
Jones family. There are ways your name
boxes you in, and also ways it lets you
shine. Seeing as how you’re on a path
to see yourself as clearly as possible,
without filters, understanding how this
can change how people see you is vitally
important. Focus on figuring it out, this
week.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Whenever a certain Pisces friend of mine is
paralyzed by fear or indecision, he goes
ahead and vividly imagines the worstcase scenario (usually “we all might
die”), and makes himself okay with that.
Once he’s gotten that out of the way, he’s
able to act with absolute freedom, knowing he’s already embraced total disaster
as an acceptable outcome. Because I see
you often screwing things up because of
self-doubt and fear, may I suggest embracing this strategy? If you’re okay with
catastrophe before you even begin, you’ll
be free to truly do your best – and consequently achieve far better results.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): When
something starts taking up too much
mental real estate, it’s usually because
you’re not exploring it properly, you’re
in denial, or you’re limiting yourself.
Sometimes there are great reasons for
not “going there,” but sometimes you’re
just needlessly cockblocking yourself out
of principle or outdated ideals more than
anything else. Turn your attention to your
internal roadblocks. You’re spending far
too much energy and time climbing over
or around them, or simply being stopped
by them, when just a tiny bit of effort
could get rid of them for good, or at least
for the foreseeable future.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ve
been busy trying to manifest abundance.
However, I’m not sure if you actually
want to end up there. Being a kid in a
candy store with pockets full of money
is fun for about fifteen minutes, until you
get yourself into trouble and make your-
self ill. I don’t know, but instead of trying
to manifest a reality with more than you
could ever use or enjoy, perhaps focus instead on one where you’re thrilled with
what you have, and don’t need much
more. It’s not only more achievable right
now, it’s much healthier, too.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I admire
your ability to nearly always put a positive spin on things. Most of the Geminis
I know are optimists, and not the annoying kind that ignores reality, but rather the
ones who are able to be realistically positive. Looking at the bright side of even
dismal situations is one of your specialties. In case you hadn’t noticed, we need
that even more than usual right now.
Most of the people spewing hope are
talking out of their asses, and we don’t
need more bullshit. We need reasoned,
thoughtful reasons to dream. Don’t hold
out on us now.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Just because you’ve suffered a string of disappointments in the recent past, don’t make
the mistake of considering it some kind
of trend. Expect more of the same, and
you’ll get exactly that. However, the real-
ity is that this series of letdowns was more
of a coincidence than anything else. Your
luck could change later today, for all you
know. Of course, if you’re determined
to keep telling yourself the story about
what a hard luck case you are, how bad
you have it, and so on – the story will be
only too willing to oblige you by carrying
on indefinitely. Tell yourself a different,
more hopeful tale; even if it doesn’t feel
“true” yet, it soon will.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Personally, I’m
bored with your strings of excuses. “I
can’t get in shape until I join a gym,” is
followed by, “I need a personal trainer,”
and “I need a better diet.” All of these
things might be true, but they’re also
just excuses. The truth is, you could get
in shape just riding your bike around the
neighborhood. Throw in a batch of situps and push-ups in your living room,
and you’re all set. All that business about
the gym, the trainer, and the diet are really just obstacles you’re putting between
you and what you want because you’re
lazy and reluctant to actually put in the
work to get the job done. The question
is, recognizing your laziness is only the
first step. The second, of course, is overcoming it. Can you? This week you have
better than average odds.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): No one
can possibly fairly accuse you of shying
away from change. In fact, every time it’s
become apparent that it’s time to switch
things up, I’ve seen you embrace it (even
if you were also stressed out by it). That’s
commendable, and far better than getting
stuck in a rut. However, sometimes that
translates into jumping the gun; essentially throwing yourself into a new situation before you’ve really gotten everything there is to get out of the old one.
That might be the case here. Just because
a new door has opened doesn’t mean you
ought to fling yourself through it. Before
you do, take a good look around and
make sure you’ve seen and done everything in your current scene that you could
possibly want to see and do. If not, you
might be just better off sticking things out
here and seeing what happens.
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